Everyone is welcome to join our monthly meetings!

2022 gatherings will be held virtually until further notice.

Hop online for social time at 6:30pm
Presentations start at 7pm

Zoom Information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83738131960

Meeting ID: 837 3813 1960
Phone: 669-900-9128

january 4th

  • Alex Farrard, ODFW Assistant District Fish Biologist for the South Willamette District, will present on ocean conditions and how they impact salmon and steelhead return numbers.

    Alex has been with ODFW since 2004, after he completed his Masters Degree in Fisheries at Oregon State University. Before he settled in Corvallis in 2009 he worked in many areas of the state including John Day, Roseburg, Tillamook, and the Snake River. His early years with ODFW were spent on research with salmon and steelhead and presently his duties revolve around resource management. A fly fisher from an early age he fished for native brookies in the Appalachian Mountains near his home in Washington DC as well as smallmouth bass in the Potomac River.

february 1st

  • Dr. Bob Lackey will present about Salmon 2100, an innovative project to identify and describe specific, practical policy and management options that, if adopted, will likely would restore and sustain wild salmon runs in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and southern British Columbia through 2100. The Salmon 2100 Project was organized jointly by Oregon State University's Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability and EPA’s research laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon. Watch the presentation here.

    Dr. Bob Lackey is professor of fisheries science at Oregon State University. In 2008, he retired after 27 years with the Environmental Protection Agency’s national research laboratory in Corvallis where he served as Deputy Director, Associate Director for Science, and in other senior science leadership positions. Since his very first fisheries and wildlife job in a trout hatchery, he has worked on an assortment of environmental and natural resource issues from various positions in government and academia. His professional assignments involved diverse and politically contentious issues, but mostly he has operated at the interface between science and policy. He has published over 100 articles in scientific journals, written hundreds more for general interest audiences, and is a fellow of the American Fisheries Society and the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. Dr. Lackey has long been an educator, having taught at five North American universities and currently teaches a graduate course in ecological policy at Oregon State University.

march 1st

  • Dr. Gordie Reeves will discuss his research on the impact of PNW fire on trout and salmon fisheries.

    Gordie Reeves is an emeritus Research Fish Biologist at the PNW Research Station in Corvallis, OR. He retired in June 2018 after 35 years in that position. His expertise is in the freshwater ecology of anadromous salmon and trout, conservation biology of those fish, and aquatic aspects of landscape ecology. He has studied the ecology of anadromous salmon and trout in the Pacific Northwest, northern California, Idaho, and Alaska and fish ecology in New Zealand and New York. He has published over 100 papers on the freshwater ecology of Pacific salmon and trout, effects of land management activities on the freshwater habitats of these fish, conservation plans, and dynamics of aquatic ecosystems in the PNW. He has led committees that developed and evaluated options for managing federal lands in the PNW and Alaska. He was also a member of the NOAA Fisheries Technical Recovery and Biological Review Teams for ESA listed Coho salmon in coastal Oregon and EPA panel on Pebble Mine. His current work focuses on potential effects of climate change on Pacific salmon in Alaska and the PNW and development of the Elliott State Research Forest.

april 5th

  • Eric Crawford will be presenting updates on Trout Unlimited’s Lower Snake River Dam Removal campaign.

    Eric is TU's North Idaho Field Coordinator. For the last twenty years Eric has worked as a Conservation Officer in Idaho before coming to Trout Unlimited. With a diversity of experiences as a Conservation Officer from apprehending mulit violation poachers to everyday interactions with sportsman Eric brings a deep appreciation and passion for fish and wildlife and TU’s mission. As the North Idaho Field Coordinator Eric works on issues affecting salmon and steelhead in Idaho including the four lower Snake River dams. No matter the time of year you’ll likely find Eric on the Snake or Clearwater chasing a variety of opportunities or on public lands pursuing big game. Learn more about TU's work here: www.tu.org/lowersnake/

may 3rd

  • We’ll give a summary of the projects that we’ve been working on over the past few years including steelhead redd surveys, river cleanups, and stream restoration. After that we’d like to talk about future projects. What interests you?

    • River restoration and cleanup?

    • Education about fish and freshwaters?

    • Advocacy?

    • Getting more people involved?

    We’re very interested in your ideas! If you usually attend our monthly meetings or if you’ve never attended, this is a big chance to offer your thoughts on where the chapter should go.

June 7th


*Please note that the calendar events may be subject to change